Dr. Cynthia Sims Parr is joining the ebiquity lab to work on the Spire project. Dr. Parr is a Research Associate at the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS ) an the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Dr. Parr received BS in biology from Cornell University and an MS and PhD from University of Michigan, where she studied social behavior and vocal communication in American crows. She studied molecular systematics and behavioral ecology of magpies during a postdoctoral fellowship at Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea. She served as the Content Development Director for the Animal Diversity Web project at the University of Michigan she uses web technology to help instructors at many institutions teach about animal ecology and evolution. At the University of Maryland she has worked on a number of projects using advanced computer technologies to support research and education in the Biological sciences.

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